One of the major projects I've set myself this year is to de-clutter. Our
home not only houses our clutter, but I also have boxes and boxes of Mum &
Dad's things. Well, I'm at that stage when I need to sort myself out.
Now one of the areas that needed looking at was my recipe collection, no not
my cookery books, but yes they need a bit of a cull too. But I'm talking about
the recipes you pull out of magazines. Trust me; there are only so many fish
pies and fish cake recipes a girl needs. So, armed with my, “do I really need
it” head on - I pulled out all the bits of paper and pamphlets I'd collected
over the years and began to sort. Now, I'm bad enough, but at least I do cook,
and love to do so. My mother on the other hand, hated cooking - even when I was
a little girl, we went out to eat a lot or had take-aways. Then my mother got
a microwave, and frozen dinners are what we lived on lol. All I can say is
thank goodness that my Granny lived with us when I was little, so I also got
home cooked foods. Anyway, I tell you this, because for some reason, although
she hated cooking, she LOVED and I mean loved cookery books and collecting
recipes! So again, I have hers now added to my collection.
This was my before shot ... and here's my after.
I know, I've been ruthless, but I've only kept those I really think I'll cook. I've put
them into 3 files; one for everyday, one for baking and one for seasonal/party
food. Now, the everyday and baking, I'll go through after a couple of months,
and if I've not used them or still haven't any plans to use them, they'll go
too. The files sit happily, not taking up much room on my baking station - and
I'm feeling much happier with the new arrangement.
I did really enjoy going through mum's old books though ... so much fun
seeing old recipes; although, not much different really to the ones in Nigella’s
and Jamie’s’ books, if I'm honest ... and I even found my first cookery book :)
... yup, I've kept that.
So, I'm happy with how my de-cluttering is going so far. My February project,
which is making good waves, is sorting through mum & dads millions of
photos ... although, I have a feeling that may just need to go into being March's project as well, b
ut ... I'm getting there :)